| ExoMars: ESA and Roscosmos set for Mars missions |
| ESA and the Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, have signed a formal agreement to work in partnership on the ExoMars programme towards the launch of two missions in 2016 and 2018. |
| Date: 14 Mar 2013 |
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| Testing times for ExoMars drill |
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| Date: 20 Sep 2012 |
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| Taking ExoMars for a ride |
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| Date: 28 Jun 2011 |
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| Entry, descent and surface science for 2016 Mars mission |
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| Date: 10 Jun 2011 |
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| Testing ExoMars technology in Martian gravity |
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| Date: 07 Jun 2011 |
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| Successful review marks the end of an active year for ExoMars |
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| Date: 15 Dec 2010 |
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| Announcement of Opportunity for ExoMars Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module Science |
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| Date: 30 Nov 2010 |
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| 2nd ExoMars Industry Day 2010 |
The 2nd ExoMars Industry Day, held on 23 September 2010 at the ALTEC facilities in Italy, was attended by 170 participants, representing 80 companies from 14 countries, including the USA and Canada. |
| Date: 01 Oct 2010 |
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| 2nd ExoMars Industry Day |
| The 2nd ExoMars Industry Day will take place on 23 September at the Turin premises of Thales Alenia Space-Italy.
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| Date: 01 Sep 2010 |
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| Instruments selected for Mars |
| [ESA PR-17 2010] ESA and NASA have selected the scientific instruments for their first joint Mars mission. Scheduled for 2016, it will study the chemical makeup of the martian atmosphere, including methane. Discovered in 2003, methane could point to life on the Red Planet. |
| Date: 02 Aug 2010 |
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| Announcement of Opportunity for ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Instruments |
| ESA and NASA have today issued an announcement of opportunity soliciting proposals for scientific instruments for the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, one element of the joint ESA-NASA ExoMars programme. |
| Date: 15 Jan 2010 |
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| ESA Member States give green light to ExoMars programme |
The ESA Council has just given the go-ahead to proceed with the implementation of the ExoMars programme. This decision paves the way for two Mars exploration missions in cooperation with NASA in 2016 and 2018. |
| Date: 17 Dec 2009 |
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| Forthcoming ExoMars Orbiter AO |
| Announcement of Opportunity for ExoMars Orbiter instruments to be released in January 2010.
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| Date: 14 Dec 2009 |
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| ESA Council approves new plans for Mars Robotic Exploration Programme |
| ESA Member States have provisionally agreed to plans for ESA's role in an international Mars Robotic Exploration Programme. The decision, taken at a recent ESA Council meeting, foresees a Mars Orbiter with a small static lander, to launch in 2016, and the change of launch date for the ExoMars Rover mission. |
| Date: 16 Oct 2009 |
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| The AMAS(E)ing Expedition of 2009 |
| From 1 to 24 August 2009, an international team of scientists participated in the Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition (AMASE) in Norway, conducting scientific research and testing instruments for future ESA and NASA Mars robotic missions. |
| Date: 15 Sep 2009 |
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| ESA and NASA establish a joint Mars exploration initiative |
| On 29 and 30 June the ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration, David Southwood met NASA's Associate Administrator for Science, Ed Weiler, in Plymouth, UK, to establish a way for a progressive programme for exploration of the Red Planet. The outcome of the bilateral meeting was an agreement to create a Mars Exploration Joint Initiative (MEJI) that will provide a framework for the two agencies to define and implement their scientific, programmatic and technological goals at Mars. |
| Date: 08 Jul 2009 |
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| Green light awaited for Europe's Mars mission |
The cornerstone of ESA's Aurora exploration programme is ExoMars, a mission to deliver Europe's first planetary rover to the Red Planet. After more than a year of studying various mission concepts, the ExoMars team is preparing to move on to the detailed design of the ExoMars spacecraft and rover. |
| Date: 05 Mar 2008 |
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| EMSEC 2007: The European Mars Science and Exploration Conference |
| The European Mars Science and Exploration Conference: Mars Express and ExoMars will be held in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, from 12 to 16 November 2007. The conference will reflect on the many discoveries of Mars Express, and look towards the ExoMars mission - the next step in European exploration of Mars. |
| Date: 06 Nov 2007 |
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